Hello and Happy International Book Day! On this special occasion I bring exciting news from Romania: ✨The Guinness World Record for the largest chain of people reading was broken! ✨ The previous record for the largest chain of people reading was 3.071 people (in India) ... and yesterday there were a total of 3.320 participants! The event took … Continue reading Bookish World Record broken in Romania!
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Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a new chatty post about bookish news, cool projects, and other cultural stuff. As there are some interesting events happening in my home country, Romania, in the following period, I decided to share them with you ... who knows, maybe you get inspired to participate and/or organize something similar! § Official attempt of … Continue reading Bookish news and other goodies #5 – focus on Romania
The online adventure continues, as I've completed week 2 of the online course How to Read a Novel from The University of Edinburgh. If you're interested in reading how I experienced week 1, you can check it out here. The main theme of the second week was characterization. I'll get straight to the point and share with … Continue reading Learning to be a better reader: How to Read a Novel (online course) #week2
During the Christmas holiday this idea popped into my mind: how about following an online course about literature? After a short research, I realized that most literature courses were too advanced for what I was looking for ... so at that moment I gave up looking. But a few days ago I discovered BookJotter and … Continue reading Learning to be a better reader: How to Read a Novel (online course) #week1
Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a new chatty post about bookish news, cool projects and other cultural stuff. Today we'll talk about the London Book and Screen Week, a new book-inspired TV series and a bookish website with many resources. Here we go! § Cultural celebration at London If you're in London between 9th and 15th of April, … Continue reading Bookish news and other goodies #4
No matter whether we read books or newspapers, watch movies or TV shows, or hear someone trying to persuade us ... stories are all around us. That's the thought that lingered in my mind after attending an engaging storytelling workshop a few days ago. And I thought it would be interesting to share some of … Continue reading About stories and their structures: insights from a storytelling workshop
Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a new chatty post about bookish news, cool projects and other cultural stuff. Today you’ll read about the 2018 World Book Capital, what TV series to watch, and how to find out what bookish events are out there. Let’s go! § Books everywhere in the 2018 World Book Capital In case you're not … Continue reading Bookish news & other goodies #3
Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a new chatty post about bookish news, cool projects and other cultural stuff. Today you'll find here a touch of magic from London, news about a book fair in Bucharest, and a brief presentation of a cool modern library in Romania. Let's go! § Discover the history of magic from … Continue reading Bookish news & other goodies #2
After reading what Trang from Bookidote wrote about her reading habits, I felt inspired to share with you my reading habits. And to spice things up, I added some examples of visuals I fell in love with - cinemagraphs. Defined as "still photographs in which a minor and repeated movement occurs", cinemagraphs give the illusion of an … Continue reading My reading habits illustrated by #cinemagraphs
Hello, dear readers! As I am always looking for bookish news, cool projects and other cultural stuff, I decided to create this new series where I share with you interesting things I discover (including links for more details). Without further ado, here's the first post of the series! Enjoy! § Books recommended by people we … Continue reading Bookish news & other goodies #1
Readers' High Tea 